Persistent Pain- Why it occurs and more importantly how to climb out of it.
Persistent pain is common, and about 1 in 4 people in Australia and worldwide develop it.
And most (not all) persistent pain sufferers fall into two main groups:
One is those that had an injury. And whilst the tissues heal, the pain keeps going. This is very, very common.
Another category is those who start to develop symptoms (commonly pain but can include many types of symptoms like pain, tingling, feeling weak, brain-fog, fatigue, tinnitus etc) with no apparant injury. And many people in this category end up seeing GP’s, specialists and often end up with a practitioner like a Rheumatologist. Some of these people have inflammatory conditions or auto-immune conditions. But many have these types of symptoms in the absence of any disease or systemic issue. Their brain and nervous system produce these symptoms due to major stressful events or multiple smaller stresses. And they mimic these other conditions.
Getting out of Persistent pain and symptoms like fatigue, brain-fog, tingling etc…..
Everyone is different and has their own unique story and elements that will be important to resolve their issue.
Joel is a specialized practitioner with lots of experience with persistent pain and helping people resolve it and getting out of pain and back into the things they love.
Indeed, Joel himself had persistent back pain and sciatica for more than 10 years which he fixed himself with this evidence-based approach.
Joel will listen to your story, understand your problem and help you identify which specific strategies you need to recover.
Whilst everyone is different so commonly needed strategies and tools are:
Understanding the basics of how the body sends signals to the brain, and how the brain makes pain and muscular guarding for protection.
Safe strategies to learn to work with pain to restore movement and function.
Stress management strategies (these can be very important for some people and not necessary at all for others.